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13 A A M A. (From " - ThePoyal Gazeiir and tn./lama .-Idverliser" 15/h July) NASSAU, JULY t 5, ISIS. The followin4 i, a Covy of the Dispatch from ;tad BATHURST to his I:axcelleilcy Governor CA NIVRON, communicated by his Honour the Yresi tict‘t, to the two branches of the Legidature, iannedintOy utter the 4 :ne , ,slon WdS opened :--- ((OPY.) (No. 76.) Putet,log-street, Felt. 2s, 1818. it,-11ave hid tie honour of rece:ving your dispatch of the 3d December, anti of sub mitting to his Royal Highness the Prince 'lt-gent tit e humble Address and Petition of the Boost of Assembly of the Bahamas, which i t en clo.ed. I have received his Royal Highness's Com mands to instruct you 10 inform the House of Assembly, that the arrest and commitment or Mr. NVylly, under ail the citcunist3llCeS of the case, appear to his Royal Highness to have keen highly objectionable, and that his Royal HiL , .bness entirely approves of the conduct of the General 'Court upon Mr. lVylly's being hi ought before them on a Writ of Habeas Corpus, duly issued ; inasmuch as his recommit meut to Prison would have implied, that in the opinion of the Court the arrest and imprisonnteut of Mr. Wylly had been warranted by law. You may further assure the Assembly that his Royal Highness will ever be ready to afford them protection and support iu the due exercise of their ptivileges, hot that his Royal Highness considers that it would be in consistent with the due administration of J ustice, and with the personal liberty of the inhabitants ot the Bahamas, it the Assembly wer e a llowed to possess an uncontronled right of arresting and committing to prison any of his Majesty's sub jects, under the plea of an alleged breach of pri vilege; that a claim on their part to a power of this nature can only lead to a repetition of those contentions which have unhappily accrued be tween the Legislative Assembly and the General Court, tending to degrade their respective alitho- Titles in public estimation, and to create a se rious, if not a fatal, interruption of all public proceedings. ‘. With respect to that part of . the Memorial which relates to the rejection by the Council of certain sent up to them by the Assembly, his Hovel Highness considers the Council have, in cownwii with the Assembly, a full and un doubted r i g ht to d ec id e bow far the several Le gislative measures brought tinder their considera tion are tin to become Laws of the Colony ; anti that in whatever light the Assembly may view the grounds u p on w hit-li the Council act in particu lar instances, they, Caliciot but feel that any iu tertetence with the privileges of tine Council in this respect might lead to conscvences not more subversive of the constitution of the BAharnas than fatal to the similar privileges of the House of Assembly itself. " 1 have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient bumble s9rvant, " BATHURST. " To Governor Cameron, &c. &c, &c." The House of Assembly, atter -severallßesoln tions expressive of their dissatisfaction With the above dispatch, having renewed proceedings -against ZVilliatn Wylly, Esq. for offences alleged to have been committed by him against the late blouse, summoned him to attend the Bar to an swer to the several charees. Yesterday was the appointed day ; but at 1 I o'clock, atter the Le gislative Council had assembled, and the House had met, his Honour the President came down from the Government Hotrze to the Council Cham ber, where he commanded the immediate attend ance of the House, and was pleased to close the Session with :the following Speech : " Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Speaker and 6entlemeu of the House of-Assembly, At the-cOmniencernent of the present Session I laid before you the copy of a Dispatch from the Earl -Bsthorst-, one of his Majesty's Plincipal Se cretaries of State, to his Excellency Governor -Cameron, bearing date, Downing-street, the 28th February last, stating that his Lordship had re!. ceived the Governor's Dispatch of the 3d Decent ,her•last,,and had submitted to his Royal High ness tne Prince Regent the humble Address and Petition of the House of Assembly of the Ba hamas, which it inclosed ; that his Lordship had received his Royal :Highness's commands to in -strnct the Governor to inform the House of .As lemlAy, that -the arrest and commitmeut of Mr. Wylly, under all the circumstances of the ease, appeared - to his- Royal Highness to have been highly objectionable.; and that,his Royal High ness entirely. approved of the conduct of the Ge neral court upon Mr. Wy:ly's being brought be fore them, ota a writ of Habeas Corpus, duly is sued.; inasmuch as his re-commitment to piano would have implied,;; that in the opinion of the Court the arrest and imprisonment. of Wylly had been warranted by law. • And the Governor was further directed to assure the Assembly that his Royal Highness would be eves ready to afford them protection anti support in the clue exercise of their privileges ; but that his Royal Highness considered that it would be inconsistent with the clue administration of Justice, and with the perso nal liberty of the inhabitants of the Bahamas, it the Assembly were.allowed to 'possess an uncoil trollied right - of arresting'-and.commiting to prison any of his : Majesty's subjects, under the plea of an alleged breach of privilege. That a claim on their part to a power of this nature could only lead to a repetition of those.eontentions which have unhappily accrued between Ibe Legislative Assembly and the General_Court,tending. to de4 grade their respective:Authorities in public esti.; and . to create a serious, it not a. fatal,- interruption-of-all public proceedings. Mr. Speaher and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " After the comrnnt►ication of this dispatch, it vas to be hoped that all former differences would have ceased, and 'that the House would have pro ceeded to the discharge, of . the public business wit h temperance and moderation ; instead of which, the House has been occupied only in Resululionc and ~~ ActsincorreCt in poitA of fidctt, unconstitutional in principle, and evincing, in terms apparently of srudied,disrespect, a total distegard to the com mands of the Crown, signified upon points dis tinctly submitted by flee House ,to the Royal Judgment and Decision. , " The blouse has also commenced further pro- Teetlings against his Majesty's Attorney-General ?or an alleged offence, for which he was com mitted by the late House of Assembly, and dis charged upon the Dissolution of it. This Act, unsanctioned by any precedent or usage whatever, and going beyond the powers ever exercised even by Parliament itself, appears to MC to be an as sumption of arbitrary .and illegal authority, so pregnant with immediate danger to the rights and liberty of the subject, flint i cannot, con-istentty with the duty which I owe to my Sovereign, per mit the House to proceed any further towards the oppression of all ineividnal, who has been already imprisoned for a justifiable resistance to an illegal warrant ; for, I must ever maintain, that a war rant under which a person is committed in execu tion, bvfore he is heard in his defence, is, ac cording to rite principles of the British Constitu cion, illegal and void, twin whatever authority it may emanate. " It it were possible, however, for me to he so regardles's of toy duty as to permit the House to continue in the uncontrouled exercise of a dan- - vetting and unconstitutional Power, the Acts, Resolutions, Proceedings, and Temper of the House lead directly to renewed and increased con tentions between the Authority ot the Assembly and the Judges of the General Court ; I feel it therefore necessary, in order to preserve the pub• lie peace, to protect from violence persons de clared by the Judgment ot the Crown,- upon the complaint of the House, to be guilty of no offence whatsoever, and to prevent (if possible) a fatal interruption to all public proceedings, to resort to a pouer constitutionally vested in me as his :Majesty's Representative. " Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Spealer and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " I therefore think lit to Prorogue this Gene ral Assembly to Tuesday the 21st of July inst.; and it is hereby prorogued accordlitiviy. (Signet) WM. VESEY MUNNINGS. " Council Chamber, July !I t 1818." The Members of the late House of Assembly understanding that the Speech of his Honour Mr. President Munnings, at the close of the late Sessioo, reflecting w .singular asperity on certain measures of the House, is to he forthwith pub lished,"the people of the Colony are respectfully requested to suspend their judgment on that pub lication, until an Address from the Members to their late Constituents (which is now preparing), is presented to them. July 15, 1818. BATIAMA ISLANDS. Br• his Honour Wtt,LIAM VLF,Er MUNNINGS, Esquire, Presi dent and Commander-in. Chief in and over the said Islands, and of the. Garrisons there or that may be sent thither; Chancellor, Vice Admiral,. and Ordinary of the same. A PRoCLAMATION. Whereas the General Assembly of these Islands stands pro roped so tiestlay, the 21st of July_ inst.; And whereas it is 'expedient that the said General zissetnbly should be dissolved; 1 do therefore, by and with the advice and unanimous con. 'sent of , his Majesty's Council of these Islands, issue ibis osy Proclamation dissolving the said General Assembly, and the same .is hereby dissolved accordingly. Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Islands, at Nassau in the Island of New Providence, the fifteenth day of July, Anon Dowini 1818, and its the fifty-eighth year of his Majesty's reign. • • WM. VESEY MUNNINGS. • By his Honou'r's command, C. R. NESBITT, Deputy Secretary. GOD SATE THE KING. FRANCE. ?RV/ATE LETTER PROM PARIS, AUG.3I. fi Sir Robert Steele left Paris on Saturday for Madrid, %vitt) dispatches for the British Ambas sador at thAt Court from his Excellency Sir Churle• Stuart. . . '•• For several days past they affect to speak in different circles of a Treaty of Alliance, offensive - and defensive, concluded between the Cabinets of St. Petersburgh and the Thuilleries, which is to remain a secret, and not to be acted upon between the two Courts until after the retreat of the Army ut Ocenhation. "'I only no tice this to you as a report circulat ed by certain politicians, for persons who are in timate with the Russian Minister, Count Pozzo di Borgo, doubt very much the existence of this treaty. " The same newsmongers spread many other rumours relative to the ensuing Congress ; but their exaggeration or improbability gains them hot little credit. It is well kmiwn that the fasces . of the quadruple alliance are more indissoluble than ever, and if, by the nature of things, and the political importance of France, this quadruple alliance become quintuple, the repose of Europe would only be the more confirmed. " We have recently,. learnt, in a positive man ner; that the Cabinet of Madrid has addressed it self to that of St. Petersburgh, to invite the Al lied Monarchs,when assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle, to deliberate uptm•the great affair of the media tion between'Spaio and Portugal. It is asserted, its consequence, that the Emperor Alexander has written to his august Allies. Thus, the Ctingress of Sovereigns, according to all appearances, will 'not be exchairet# occupied with thequestion rela tive to the Army of Occupation. Besides, the liberation of our territory is considered as absolutely certain, and at farthest, is expected to take place about the end of October. Already French Commissioners are appointed to take possession of the fortreases that are to he given up, and it is antrounced,that et this moment. General Haxo is proceeding along the line; to direct the operations which must precede the sub stitution of French troops for those of the Allied Forces. Jr is probably with this view that dt levy of 40,000 men has recently been ordained. It is no 'longer thought that the levy of the remaining 40;000 men eon lie dis peused with in the course of nettrrear, if krBUt;e wishes to 'nave an army at all respectable on the peace e3tablishment. In effect, of this first levy of 40,000,12,000 are destined to replace an equal nnmber whose period of service expires at tire end of the year, or who are declared incapable to sup port the fatigues of military duty. The remain ing 28,000 men will serve to strengthen the "first bar ialions, which will then contain 600 men, and make the second battalions 150 strong. By this estimate it %rill appear, that our military po4tion will still be very feeble, in comparison with that of all the other States in Europe." TUEATRICAL REGISTEII. Perfarnaal Last ,V;Arht. Tur.vinC ROYA, 11.1YM.1 F.T.—tierin4 is Believing: Si mon, Mr. .1. Ithssell Nliss Di. Miss E. Blanchard. After which, The Green Man. To which was added, The Castle of Andalusia. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA, STRAND.—The Privaterr: Captain Ironsides, Mr. Harley; Sophia, Miss_Kolly. After winch, Amateurs and ALturs. MAILS. AuctvEn—l ! Waterford, t Francc. Dut—l Sweden, 1 Hatnbury.;ll, I Lisbuu. PRICE 01 THIS nAY AT r .3 per Cent. Red...... ...shut 3 per4Cent.Cons.....73M 3.!, per Cent 4 nu. Cents shut . shut F sTocKs WEIN t. o'cLtlcK. 5 i r ier Cent. N. ann....1 Bank L. Ann..... 20 3-letbs 4 India 80nd5...... 71s. ; as. pr. Ex. Bills, 4.2 d. l9s. 1 7s• 1 9s- tin'. Units. for Account, 764 75i [UCH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE TO-N3ORROW. Nlurnin;:, s•i initiates after 5. I Evening, 4 20 n n u►ates after G. SJJN• !OLEN QUI3 DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEUBER 5, ISIS. HER MAJESTY.—The fullovi:ing is the Bulletin of this day : " KEW PALACE, SEPT. 5. 4 ' HER MAJESTY has not had a good night, and continues much the same. (Signed) F. MILMAN. " H. HALFuItD." Last night and this morning we received the Pa; is Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday last. We give extracts from the former in another column . An article from Cambray appears to -haye been put forth in the Journals, for the purpose of as serting in that sl'ape, that the Doke of I.Vat.- LINGToSt is entirely favourable to the retirement from France of the Army of Occupation during the ensuing autumn. The Allied Sovereigns, it is said, will make a public entry into Aix-la-Chapelle, cvhere a greater number of troops are to be station ed than was at first announced. The following are extracts from the Journals of Wednesday " PaEls, SEPT. 2.—The King yesterday pro menaded to St. Len. " The Duke of Gloucester, who was at Ton louse on the day of the Fine of St. Louis, was present at the religious service performed upon that occasion, and took the greatest interest in the ceremonies and divertisements to which the day gave birtth His Royal Highness in the evening dined with Lieut.-General the Count Partouneaux, in company with all the Authorities. At the desert his Royal Highness gave the healths of the King of France and his August Family ; and the Count Partouneaux the healths of the King of England and his August Family, and particularly that of the Duke of Gloucester. His Royal Highness then drank to the eternal alliance of France and England. " According to a letter from Strasburg!), the grand Austrian Review was to commence the 3lst August. It will last for several days. " Prince Augustus of Prussia left Aix-la-Cha pelle the 2611) ult. to join the Prussian corps in France. -" Ott the 22(1 of July a man, named ,Joseph Mallet, died in the Department of Haute Vienne, aged 103. He enjoyed robust health, not having experienced any setions illness during the. whole of his lire. He worked laboriously - every da'y in the occupations of Agriculture " Mademoiselle. Eliza Garnerin proceetis .from Brussels to Aix-la-Chapelle, where she intends to carry into effect several aerostatic ascensions, ac companied by a descent in a parachute. FIVE E'ER CENTS. Tuesday 79 f. 50 c. DEF6IIR eD STOCK. Of the 22d March, 1917, 22d Sept. 1917, €;6 f, 7U c. 22,1 Match, t 8 CS, " Alli-LA-CHAPFLLE, AUG. 27.-M. d'Alopens, the Russian .Minister to the. Court of Berlin, bas mrri ved heri. " Lord Castleteagb is to reside, in the house of M. Schlosser, in the•street de floreette. " THE HAGUE, ' Avti. 26.—Their Royal High nesseS the Doke aid thichess of, Cambridge have passed through Utrecht, proceeding . by Deventer • - to flattok , er. • " 27.—The Eat I of - Clatearty, the British 'Mini ster at the Court of the Netherlands, set out yes terday morning,. with. all his suite,.for Brussels. " FAANKFORT, AUG. 25.—According to letters worthy of credit,. the Einptror ,ot Austria will art/ye on the 20:h of ,Septemher.at Hanau, and proceed front thence with the Elector of Hesse to Wilchnsbad, to Ire present at a grand I ' {E . which is to he given to them. " STRASBURG, AUG. 28.—The Duke of W" li lington and the Austran General-in-Chief, 0 4133' roll de Frimont, are expected to-rnarovi at Hague' !Mu." --- Private letters received by the Nereide, Captettt Nrit., from Trinidad, give accounts from Aug gsa tura to the latter end of July, which state th e Cause of the Patriots as truly distressing. T il l were nearly destitute of money, clothing, &C ., a il " the Officers who hatl lett this country to Pi i " them were without any means of returning ; the troops wet e very discontented at their situation' and several had deserted and joined the Itoyalia ts ' The vessels which had gone from Europe Wi t/1 ' werchandize for the service of the Patriotic AriOrt with strong recommendation by parties in ' d u ce Country, could not get either money or pro in return. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE HASTANI`A' JULY 28. Our market affords but a sorry prospect Pr speculators. Sugar and Coffee keep up, and can discover no reason to apprehend a dec thie until January of February next year, the em ir ; fsl mencemtnt of the next crop, %viten it WOO a little, as the crop bids fair to be very large g e. neraily. Some plantations_ blare suffered eo o9l ' • derably (in the direction of Matanzas) trorn (l ' er rain; notwithstanding they may have large c 4 5: as the principal blossom of the coffee tree "cc not appear until about the middle of the prt sen i , month, when our periodical rains afford refresjr ins showers daily. You will find, in th e PPPe i t lot the sth, a list of the convoy which I f ft th • on that day. The number of African trader will astonish yon, shy n two hudred sail,embrtici°' vs' a capital of 800,000 dollars, or 1,000,000d° • , including vessels and cargoes. A few days 1)4al r I the fleet sailed, an Insurgent slip ,„,i'br4 s pealed off the Moro ; their intentions, no dau b were to wait for the fleet." •, o ig We yesterday inserted a paragraph eon" . some intelligence respecting the BAHAMA IsLAS lfe NMI the (hsputes which had arisen betw cen i j i a Governor and the late House of Assembly• W e , • day, exclusively, instil The Loyal Gazett e and , , horrid Advertiser itself. Our Readers win id, .tnember, that many months ago we first c° ho II nietrted an account of •the differences whi cb Of arisen between the Governor and the fPuseivt, Assembly, and they will see, this (14, 1 - t ;'i t > Bahama Paper fully coofirms all we then We are sorry to learn, that the Letter fro nl be e BATHURST is by no means likely to remove t differences, and from private accounts ‘ ve r dt that, on the contrary, they are likely t° s forth with increased violence. The inlObitoAri in general; from what we bear, iii ke tii ; itr with the Members of the late Assell).— bg the most decided manner, and we se e : d off Notification in the Bahama Paper, 11i tt . 0 4 4 , Members are determined that matterObe a drop. It does not become us to interfere lil c or e t 'v of this delicate and important nature, bu o id confidently assured that the official comatoilic of Bail BATHURST leas not been satisfaeWlD )f it is alleged, that when his Lordship is 6111 e of uts formed of the allegations of the late "-` (0 0 by Assembly, it is likely that other measures I,ool' his d adopted. We are sure, however, tha t t co ship has acted from the best judgment tits bpf6 have been trouped on the doculneu ts which been sobwitted to him. • " THE R EVE NUE.—AII we h ave pre dict n f the or specting the increasing improvement pet vititie is every day receiving confirmation. s will be an excess, we und erstand, of ile_ortii, Million and a Half in the pet : wit. Q of (guar last pared with the. corresponding Year. What will our odious and coli teill t ioo fter " Reformers say to this mortifying fact, a I so often prognosticated rottional rain • eti e Quarter rtibirl THE Ftmps.—This morning Consols °P eS 0 n ers° °. 764, its consequence of a number u the! I v the Jewish persuasion rushing ~,;t oe ltt taking an immense quantity 0 (1 1 , o gl), it ( 10 manoeuvre, however, was seen to° (0. t • a artificial rise lasted for a very 11 " 1 •beli i °4 to 7 5 1' ot e 12 o'clock they had again 1411 en ket Orr decline of one per cent., and the mar -- i 0 very heavy at that price. 9' 41 ot• The intelligence from Manchester, co eltP $ at p re into etl, of a more favourable nature ; do t' s such laudable activity has been fool! , 0 0" t o. • dicteo, g$ of the Mob Orators have been drag c" Bills %vete found against them (" 1. t 01 1 ° language which they had uttere d . Se . os of )Jr• f o are extracts from the spee ch h i r ess e de BEST, Chief Justice of Chester, OW " GR4 ND JURY of that CotintYi pc*, itsse 1~ 4 4(1 Ithi It 0 414 11) (4 h 4,1 liari 1114 l'Et tli Prie 11 44 fo rn )on; 4 4, to , le,. t 0,,, 1 441 /es t the f ort 1 1)11 11), 4(1 14, tb ~~~ .. b t ~~